I'm angry.

I'm angry with what this election has brought out of people. I'm not speaking from a particular stance or political affiliation, I am coming from the disheartened soul of a concerned American. What has littered my social media feeds for what seems like years has been what concerns me, America. Presidential candidates and elected officials do not bear the blame for this Civil War of words that has played out on our Facebooks and Twitters, it's us. It's us, America, we are the puppeteers in this show. We have been the ones spewing hate and dividing ourselves; WE, a nation of free-thinkers, are to blame.

I have read the barbaric attacks of highly educated men and women on their opposition and sometimes not even directly opposing to them. I have seen Americans degrading other American's opinions like that person had just murdered someone in front of them. I have sat and listened to several people on the brink of tears at what this election has caused within them; and more often than not, they do not fear a particular candidate winning this election, they fear their neighbor, sister, father, and friend's response.

An overwhelming majority of what I read this morning, the day after the election for reference, is "we elected hate." America, you've been serving that special of "hate" long before last night and this morning and long preceding Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trump. We proclaim while beating our chest that "We're Stronger Together," yet we take to social media and divide ourselves from people who don't share our opinion. We want to "make America Great again," but we spend our time decimating the dignity of our opposition, hitting them in the jugular artery. America, I cannot be the only one to say this, but this is not a particular party problem: this is an American crisis.

Poetically ending a video speech he gave yesterday evening, President Obama said "No matter the results, the sun will rise tomorrow." The sun has rose America and shed light on a far more important issue than who was placed in office. Stand together in solidarity, America; rise by uniting, not by slashing the opposition. WE as a nation are far better than the hate we've been typing away, better than the hurt we've been tweeting, and better than the brutal war of words we've been posting.